Tunisian theatre festival honours Mohamed Driss
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on La Presse de Tunisie
The fourth edition of Tunisia's National Theatre Festival, “Seasons of Creation”, honoured Mohamed Driss on 3 November at the Halfaouine Theatre Palace. A stage production and circus performance brought together established artists and young actors, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
The fourth edition of Tunisia's National Theatre Festival, “Seasons of Creation”, honoured Mohamed Driss on Tuesday at the Halfaouine Theatre Palace in Tunis. The event brought together several generations of artists around the director's work and notably presented “Hadatha Driss Qal”, a production by Taher Aïssa Ben Arbi, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
The show brought together actors who had worked with Mohamed Driss, including Béchir Ghariani, Nadra Toumi, Abdelkader Ben Saïd and Néji Khadhraoui, as well as eleven students from the 12th class of the School of Acting. The artist's texts were accompanied by a musical production composed by Haythem Hadhiri and Koussay Larbi Snoussi.
The tribute also included “Nous étions déjà là”, an artistic circus performance bringing together 13 young performers in the spaces of the Halfaouine Theatre Palace. The production explored the site's cultural memory through physical expression and exploration of the space, according to La Presse de Tunisie.
